Idea’s for a cheap small truck or SUV to get through Kentucky winters and daily driving from work and college? I have a charger I daily drive now but do not feel comfortable driving a cammed v8 through the winter months at 20. preferably $5,000ish budget. Originally thought of a 3rd gen 4runner but seems impossible at that budget.
I purchased a modified Dodge Charger a few months ago naively wanting the car young for college and got in at a deal i was pretty happy with at $16.6k, have been having some small issues i’m wondering if you all can confirm solutions for before it goes to a tuner next Wednesday. Car is a 5.7 with 98,000 miles and is a 2020.
modifications we think are done to the car:
-PCM unlock by hptuners and a tune i cant confirm who did it but i am pretty sure it is custom and was put on a dyno at one point
-long tube headers
-catless midpipes or straight pipe replacing cat
-rear resonator delete with keeping the factory mufflers
-aftermarket camshaft (car idle has a nice chop)
-JLT cold air intake
-Catch can
issues i have been having:
-raspy fuel almost sound in my exhaust
-sloppy throttle response sometimes but pulls hard others especially when flooring
- harsh downshifts and sloppy hesitant upshifts
could a replacement muffler and a better tune fix what i think this is missing? from what i’m reading this sounds like the most likely case scenario but
would like second opinions, my temperatures are all regular too.
2020 Charger R/T with some fun mods and a tune. My first car was a 2013 Lexus ct200h but it lasted a total of 6 days before being hit by someone running a red light, waited a little after insurance settled and decided to cough up the money for one of my original dream cars. Been a great driver the last month and super fun daily while young!
First actual car i bought on my own was a 2013 Lexus CT200h that got hit by someone running a red light 6 days into owning it, waited a while after receiving my insurance settlement and decided to jump on a car I dreamed of having lol. 2020 R/T in hellraisin has long tube headers straight pipe and a tune. Definitely a switch from the Lexus but am way happier and still own it outright like i did my lexus